The LA Report

What's happening today: SATs and ACTs are out as entrance requirements for CSU schools; Former Cal State Northridge president appointed to take over as CSU chancellor; First day for optional masking at LAUSD schools; L.A. City Council votes to drop vaccination requirements for many events; Academy Awards best screenplays preview; 

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Here's your morning news: Local gas prices reach record high average of $6.02 per gallon; LAUSD lifts mandatory masking today, resumes public hearings on April 5; Cal State to investigate former chancellor and colleagues over sexual misconduct allegations; Local Disney employees walk off job after company's response to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill; USC researchers tracking deadly police incidents across the country; How to best help your unhoused neighbors; L.A. City Council approves funds for west side housing program.

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What's happening today: By 3-0 vote, the State Commission confirms first Latina to California's Supreme Court; L.A. Council approves pilot program that would provide menstrual products at some public libraries; J.P. Morgan Chase giving $5M grant to support L.A. street vendors; New report confirms L.A. has the worst air quality in U.S.; Academy Awards Best Cinematography preview;

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Here's your morning news: LAUSD mask mandate may be dropped on Wednesday; L.A. County will lift vaccine requirement for indoor mega events on April 1; Funding for COVID response running low; Unionized supermarket workers to hold strike vote; Bay Area Chevron workers striking over safety concerns and salary increases; Disney LGBTQ employees plan full day walkout over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill; Lumber-carrying freight train derails in San Bernardino County; U.S. monitoring China's response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict; March Madness round two; The Batman film is top earner of 2022 so far.

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What's happening today: City of L.A. is suing vacation rental platform HomeAway for violating short term rental ordinances; COVID hospitalizations continue to drop as fast-spreading Omicron variant looms; Union for supermarket workers to vote on strike if contract talks stall; What to watch for at Sunday's Academy Awards show.

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Here's your morning news: L.A. Marathon winners; Three hospitalized after sheriff's helicopter crash; LAUSD reaches tentative agreement with teachers' union to end indoor mask mandates in schools; Disney's LGBTQ employees call on company to take action against Florida's parental rights bill; North Hollywood strip club dancers demand better working conditions; Lack of rain has state officials tightening nozzle on water deliveries.

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What's happening today: State water agency announces for third straight year districts will receive less water; Was that sneeze seasonal allergies or COVID?; Marking the second anniversary of L.A.'s first COVID stay-at-home order; Health officials advise taking precautions while watching the L.A. Marathon.

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In this Sunday edition: Russian forces kept up their assault on Ukraine on Monday, firing on suburbs around the capital of Kyiv and attacking other cities, even as the two countries held another round of diplomatic talks, which ended without a breakthrough. The fighting, now in its third week, is taking a toll on Ukraine’s civilian population, killing thousands and forcing over 2 million people to flee the country. As Putin continues his relentless campaign to seize Ukraine, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague is closely monitoring the invasion and preparing to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity, if and when it comes to that. While there is mounting evidence pointing to Russia’s attack on Ukraine as a “crime of aggression,” which has been recognized as a war crime since 2018, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan says the court does not have jurisdiction over that crime in Russia or Ukraine as neither country is among the court’s 123 member states. The only way the court could get jurisdiction over the crime of aggression is if the United Nations Security Council calls on the ICC to investigate. But, Khan says, other war crimes carried out in Ukraine may still be under the court’s jurisdiction.

This week on AirTalk, Larry Mantle spoke with the director of the War Crimes Research Office at American University’s Washington College of Law, Susana SáCouto.

Then: Some LA residents have loved ones in both Russia and Ukraine. They say while relatives in Ukraine have experienced bombings and violence, some relatives in Russia don't believe it — instead believing falsehoods disseminated by the state-controlled media.
This week, our immigration reporter Leslie Berenstein Rojas met with some local families to discuss the issue.

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